University of Tennessee Athletics
Gregg Earns Spot on CoSIDA Academic All-America Team
May 25, 2017 | Softball
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee's Meghan Gregg earned yet another honor to add to her impressive list of accolades this season as she was awarded with a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-America third team on Thursday afternoon.
Gregg boasts a 3.50 GPA in Kinesiology and was a member of the inaugural VOLeaders Academy in 2016 as well as an SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll selection last season. The junior shortstop was named to the Academic All-District 3 first team earlier this season and is the 14th UT player to earn Academic All-America honors. The Big Orange now boast 24 total selections to the Academic All-America teams in program history.
On top of her academic success, the Williamson, Ga., native has had a career year for the Volunteers on the field as well, leading the team and setting career highs in batting average (.440), hits (70), doubles (18), home runs (14), RBIs (77), slugging percentage (.830) and on-base percentage (.555). Gregg tied the Tennessee single-season RBI record of 77 during last week's NCAA Regionals, driving in six runs in three UT victories.
Just yesterday, Gregg was named a top-three finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, and earlier this season she became the fifth player in program history to win SEC Player of the Year honors. Gregg was also named to the NFCA All-Southeast Region first team last week and ranks among the top-15 players nationally in a handful of offensive categories. Most notably, Gregg ranks second in the country with a career-high 77 RBIs, eighth in on-base percentage, 10th in batting average, 12th in doubles, 15th in slugging percentage and 13th in total bases.
The 2016-17 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America® Softball Teams have been released to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. View the complete list of Academic All-Americans on the CoSIDA website by clicking HERE.
